UFC 244 Main Event In Jeopardy After Nate Diaz Reveals Failed Drug Test; No Word From USADA Yet

The fight to determine the UFC's baddest motherfu---er is in jeopardy as Nate Diaz claims he will no longer be competing at UFC 244.

Diaz took to social media on Thursday night claiming he would not be competing against Jorge Masvidal in the main event of UFC 244 on November 2 after being informed he had an adverse drug-test finding.

Diaz wrote:

“I’m not gonna make it out to NYC for fight week next week because they say I tested with elevated levels that they say might be from some tainted supplements. I call false on that [because] I only take Whole Food or natural food supplements. I don’t even eat meat. So until [the] UFC, USADA or whoever is f---ing with me fixes it, I won't be competing. I'm not gonna play their game and try and hide it or keep quiet, as they suggested. I'm not gonna have my name tainted as a cheater like these other motherf---ers who keep quiet until after the fight just to so that they can get paid. F---in cheaters.

I don't give a f--- about some money over my dignity and my legacy. I'm not playing along with this bulls---. I'm not staying quiet and figuring it out after the fight. That's cheating.

So fight game I'll see you when I see you."

Jorge Masvidal also took to Twitter to defend Diaz, calling him "one of the cleanest mofo's" in the sport. 

You not the baddest mofo in the game (i am) but you are one of the cleanest mofo’s @NateDiaz209 I’ll see you nov 2. I know your name is clean. I don’t need @usantidoping to tell me shit!

— Jorge Masvidal UFC (@GamebredFighter) October 24, 2019

According to ESPN sources, Diaz tested positive for trace amounts of a prohibited selective androgen receptor module (SARM). An USADA spokesperson told the publication that the "UFC and USADA are gathering information and will issue a statement as soon as possible."

With Diaz not yet suspended, the fight is still seemingly on. That is, if Diaz himself agrees to fight after all of this.

Diaz versus Masvidal was easily one of the most anticipated fights of the year as they battle for the mythical "Baddest Motherf---er" (BMF) title. Diaz returned from a three-year layoff to beat Anthony Pettis at UFC 241 in August. Masvidal has won two striaght fights, including an impressive five-second knockout of Ben Askren at UFC 239 in July; it was the quickest knockout in UFC history.